Genesis 30:18
Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.
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- Gen 35:23 : 23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Gen 46:13 : 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
- Gen 49:14-15 : 14 "Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the saddlebags. 15 He saw a resting-place, that it was good, The land, that it was pleasant; He bows his shoulder to the burden, And becomes a servant doing forced labor.
- Deut 33:18 : 18 Of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; Issachar, in your tents.
- 1 Chr 12:32 : 32 Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.
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- Gen 30:19-246 verses82%
19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
20 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."
24 She named him Joseph,{Joseph means "may he add."} saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."
- Gen 30:15-173 verses82%
15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
16 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night.
17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
- Gen 30:2-1312 verses76%
2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."
4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.
7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.
8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.
11 Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.
12 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.
13 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.
- Gen 29:31-355 verses75%
31 Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
32 Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "Because Yahweh has looked at my affliction. For now my husband will love me."
33 She conceived again, and bare a son, and said, "Because Yahweh has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this son also." She named him Simeon.
34 She conceived again, and bare a son. Said, "Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore was his name called Levi.
35 She conceived again, and bare a son. She said, "This time will I praise Yahweh." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
- Gen 29:23-253 verses73%
23 It happened in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him. He went in to her.
24 Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.
25 It happened in the morning that, behold, it was Leah. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Didn't I serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"
- Gen 30:27-282 verses72%
27 Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
28 He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."
- Gen 29:15-162 verses70%
15 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"
16 Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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14 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
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23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
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29 Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.
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18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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30 For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"
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3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
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18 Of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; Issachar, in your tents.